HUBUNGAN KEJADIAN EPILEPSI DENGAN RIWAYAT KEJANG DEMAM DI RSUP DR. M. DJAMIL PADANG

Epilepsy is the most common chronic brain disorder. The incidence of epilepsy is still high in the world including in Padang, West Sumatra. One of the risk factors of epilepsy is febrile seizure. The objective of this study was to assess the association between epilepsy and history of febrile seizures. This study was an observational analytic with cross-sectional design conducted at RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang from January – March 2015. The populations were all patients with epilepsy who have visited Neurological Polyclinic during January 2013 - December 2013. This study used total sampling with 56 patients as research subjects. The data obtained from medical records. The data was described in tables and analyzed by chi-square test. The most characteristics of 56 research subjects were females (60,7%), age >14-20 years (32,1%) and had abnormal EEG examination results (55,4%). Of 56 subjects, 6 (10,7%) had history of febrile seizures and 50 (89,3%) didn’t have history of febrile seizures. Chi-square test result showed there was no association between epilepsy and history of febrile seizures p>0.05 (p=1.00). The conclusion of this study that there is no association between epilepsy and history of febrile seizures. Keywords : epilepsy, febrile seizures, abnormal EE